FSU's Isabella Schmid runs into Clemson's Kylie Tawney in the first half Thursday at the Seminole Soccer Complex. mike ewen/democrat

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Jim Lamar
| Democrat associae editor

Dria Hampton knew the night was about so much more than the lump in the back of her throat - or the emotional tug on her heart.

Hampton understood the message that was sent and the significance of it being delivered by the players on the nation's top-ranked women's soccer team, each dressed in pink jerseys with pink socks and any other pink flair they could wear Thursday night.

Florida State's fifth annual "Paint it Pink" soccer match, featuring a showdown between the No. 1 Seminoles and ACC rival Clemson, opened the university's month-long campaign to raise awareness for breast cancer and to ...